Improved churn



H. HAGAN.

Churn.

No.l 32,868.

Patented July 23,1861.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

II. IIAGANS, OF BRANDONVILLE, YIRGINIA.

IMPROVED CHURN.

Specification' forming part of Letters Patent No. 32,568., dated July 23, 1861.

To all whom it may coll/cern:

Be it known that I, H. IIAGANS, of Brandonville, in the county of Preston and State of V ginia, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Churns; and I do hereby7 declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specilication, in which- Figure l is a side elevation showing a portion of the side of the churn-barrel removed, so as to expose the relative position of the internal parts. Fig. 2 a plan or top View of the machine, with a portion of the Cap D broken away. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the staff E, as indicated by the red line x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the three figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de,- scribe its construction and operation with ret'- erence to the drawings.

I construct a suitable frame,which consists of the bed-plate A,the uprights C and C', and the cap D. rl`he churn or barrel B, which is of the ordinary construction, is placed on the bed-plate A between the several steady-pins n. The dasher-statf E is made hollow, with several openings c near the lower end and one d above the lid or cover of the churn. The said staff is provided with several radial wings F and two ribs or feathers c, all of which are rigidly ixed toit, and thebutter-gatherer G, Figs. l and 3,which is fitted loosely on the dasher-staf, so as to be self-adjusting vertically, is made to rotate with the staff E by the said ribs c. The said gatherer G is made in two parts, being divided vertically, one half being placed each side of the staff, as seen in Fig. 3, and are connected together by screws. The staff E rests in a step b, attached to the bottom ofthe churn,and the upper end is provided with a pivot which turns in the cap D. The mortise 71 (seen in Fig. 2) in the cap D is made suticiently wide to admit the screw-head a, and a little longer than the binding-plate t', so that when the churn is to be removed or to be adjusted for use the screw a is turned back to relieve the binding-plate vi,which may then be turned so as to register with the mortise`7z,when that end of the cap D may belitted off and swung around outof theway by turning on the screw c', orvice versa. The handlever I is hinged to one side of the upright C', as seen in Figs. l and 2, and the counter'- bar J is hinged to the other side, as seen in Fig'. 2, and they are connected together by the folding straine1bracesl{,which are hinged to them at 7e, and are hinged together at Y, as shown in Fig. 2, in such a manner as to allow the lever I and counterbar .I to be folded, as shown by the red lines, thereby rendering the apparatus much more portable. The cord II is attached to the counter-bar J and is wound three times around the statt E, and the other end is placed in the notch i* ol the lever I, with the knot outside.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Fatent, is-

l. The arrangement ot the self-adjusting rotary butter-gatherer G and ribs c with the dasher-rod E and wings F,in the manner and for the purpose herein shown and described.

2. The arrangement of the jointed vibratory braces K K, hinged side levers I J, and driv ing-cord II with each. other and with the dasher-rod E and post C', in the manner and for the purpose herein shown and described.

ll. IIAGANS. Vv'tnesses:

WM. HAGANs, WM. MCKEE. 

